Spastic
WordNet
adjective
(1) Affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
"Convulsive motions"
"His body made a spasmodic jerk"
"Spastic movements"
(2) Suffering from spastic paralysis
"A spastic child"
(3) Relating to or characterized by spasm
"A spastic colon"
"Spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy"
noun
(4) A person suffering from spastic paralysis
WiktionaryText
Etymology
< . Confer French and see also .
Adjective
- Of, related to, or affected by spasm.
- Of or related to spastic paralysis.
- Clumsy.
- Hyperactive, excited, and random manner.
Noun
- A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.
- A clumsy person; see spazz.
- One who is hyperactive.